



Lea ves erect, bracts finely 



scabrid - puberuloiis on 

 marg'ins, stigma subses- 



ssile ... T.gnidiaceum. 



Influi escences globular or corym- 

 bose lieads, leaves erect or 

 ' sliglitly spreading : — ' 

 Style elongate, 1-8-34 mm. 



long: — 

 Stems densely leafy especi- 

 ally near flower-lieads T.capitatuv}. 

 Stems with more or less 



scattered leaves, verv 

 few beloAv the flower 

 heads ... ... T. gJomeratum 



Style short, 0-5 mm, long, 



perianth-tube markedly 

 shorter than the seg- 



ments 



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Stigma sessile :--- 



/? 



Perianth-tube verv sliort, 



segments elongate, 



with a S7nall beard at 



apex and papillose 



margins J. tmnslaccns. 



Perianth - segments with 



dense wooUv beard, 

 tube well marked : — '- 



Bracts broadlv ovate- 



lanceolate, leaves 



scattered T, densifloru m . 



Eracts lanceolate, leaves 



crowded, imbricate.. T. carinatum. 



Section III.— Pexicillata. 



Poriantli segments with dense apical beard, anthers free, but with 



a pencil of fiee liaiis on the segments behind anthers : 

 Onlj South African species T. penicillatinn. 



Sec;tion IV.— Annulata. 



Perianth witli a ring of hairs at the throat, anthers without 



attachment hairs, segments with apical beard or rarely with 

 papillose margins : — 



1. Flowers in elongated spikes or racemes : 



Perianth-segments with papillose mar- 



T> .*' .f "■ T' inicropoaon. 



J/erianth-segments boarded: — 



Anthers included in perianth-tube. 7. vrceoUtum. 

 Anthers exserted : 



Plants with numerous stout spread- 

 ing branches almost at right 



lone? 







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y, patulum. 



